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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 4501008, member: 66&quot;]I think he is asking if there is a link that will take him someplace that explains what electrotypes are and potentially how they are made.</p><p><br /></p><p>Quick, simple explanation of an electrotype, two metal shells (obv and rev) that are filled with a low melting point lead alloy and joined together.</p><p><br /></p><p>Quick and simple explanation of how they are made:</p><p>Take a small block of wax, heat coin a little and press into the wax.</p><p><br /></p><p>Remove coin from wax block, this give you a negative of the coin surface.&nbsp; Do the same in another block for the other side.</p><p><br /></p><p>Dust negatives with graphite powder to make them electrically conductive.</p><p><br /></p><p>Plate the negatives with copper, silver, or gold depending on the coin.&nbsp; Make the plating thick enough that it will have some structural strength.</p><p><br /></p><p>Melt the wax.&nbsp; You now have two shells each showing an exact replica of one side of the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just fill each shell with the low melting point lead alloy.</p><p><br /></p><p>Put the two pieces together and apply just enough heat so the alloy starts to melt bonding the two sides together.</p><p><br /></p><p>Clean up the edge between the shells.</p><p><br /></p><p>Electroplate the finished piece with the proper metal.</p><p><br /></p><p>You now have a lead filled metal shell that looks exactly like the original coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>I could go into more depth but that should give you the basic idea.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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